Michael Chernoff

Video Artist | Researcher | Educator


Residency Artist #2: Jenson Leonard / July 17th-26th 2026

Fauna Jam (2026) 3-Channel AI Gener ative Video


Created using Google Nano Banana, ChatGPT, Gemini, Seedance, and node connected with Fuser web application.

“In an alternate world where monster truck culture evolved around biodiversity rather than branding, Fauna Jam follows a televised arena spectacle populated by pangolins, mantis shrimp, jellyfish, beetles, and macaws as the boundaries between species, mascot, commodity, and spectator begin to dissolve.” - Jenson Leonard









House of Pang

Jenson Leonard Taking In Fauna Jam


Jenson Leonard Taking Questions From Audience


Lesson on Setting Up Digital Display



3D Model Sketches